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Airport · BNA · Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, TN

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Nashville, TN (BNA) ranks #24 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Nashville, TN posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as one of the busiest U.S. airports.

Data updated 2026-06-13

80.8%
On-time
Top 79%
on-time, US airports
68 min
Delay when late
1.15%
Cancelled
#24 of 382
Corpus placement
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BNA on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%80.8%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 6,291,640.

Late Aircraft 45.5% (2,865,004 min)
Carrier 30.2% (1,897,131 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 19.7% (1,238,647 min)
Weather 4.5% (283,964 min)
Security 0.1% (6,894 min)

BNA - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (92.1%) · worst: July (86.6%)

86%88%90%92%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 88.9%

BNA - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 96.2% 88% ▼ -8.5%

BNA - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 15.8 min · taxi-in 7.6 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

12 min14 min16 min18 min20 min Jan 24Dec 25 17.9 min 16.4 min ▼ -8.4%

BNA's average taxi-out (15.8 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 14.0 min (April 2024) to 17.9 min (January 2024).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Nashville, TN.

Cancellation Rate

1.15%

12,024 of 1,046,597 flights

Diversion Rate

0.11%

1,123 of 1,046,597 flights

Delay Rate

19.2%

201,312 of 1,046,597 flights

Top Routes from BNA

Busiest routes to and from Nashville, TN.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ORD (Chicago) → BNA (Nashville) 26,413 79% 409 mi
BNA (Nashville) → ORD (Chicago) 26,402 80.1% 409 mi
BNA (Nashville) → LGA (New York) 23,500 81.4% 764 mi
LGA (New York) → BNA (Nashville) 23,495 81.2% 764 mi
BNA (Nashville) → ATL (Atlanta) 22,232 87.9% 214 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → BNA (Nashville) 22,217 85.2% 214 mi
BNA (Nashville) → DEN (Denver) 21,243 81.6% 1,014 mi
DEN (Denver) → BNA (Nashville) 21,238 77.4% 1,014 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → BNA (Nashville) 20,058 80.5% 328 mi
BNA (Nashville) → CLT (Charlotte) 20,030 79.8% 328 mi
DCA (Washington) → BNA (Nashville) 19,093 82.3% 562 mi
BNA (Nashville) → DCA (Washington) 19,060 81.7% 562 mi
BNA (Nashville) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 17,120 78% 631 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → BNA (Nashville) 17,109 74.5% 631 mi
BNA (Nashville) → MCO (Orlando) 16,608 79.2% 616 mi
MCO (Orlando) → BNA (Nashville) 16,554 77.9% 616 mi
PHL (Philadelphia) → BNA (Nashville) 14,797 81.9% 675 mi
BNA (Nashville) → PHL (Philadelphia) 14,717 81.1% 675 mi
BNA (Nashville) → AUS (Austin) 13,885 82.2% 756 mi
AUS (Austin) → BNA (Nashville) 13,841 81.4% 756 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Nashville, TN, both outside Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 80.8%).

Washington, DC

Washington, VA

80.8% on-time 1,425,060 flights

San Diego, CA

San Diego, CA

80.8% on-time 973,807 flights

Hancock/Houghton, MI

Hancock/Houghton, MI

80.8% on-time 8,698 flights

Toledo, OH

Toledo, OH

80.8% on-time 7,268 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 1,046,597).

Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, MD

1,049,006 flights 78% on-time

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

1,060,086 flights 81.3% on-time

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Fort Lauderdale, FL

1,010,982 flights 76.4% on-time

Miami, FL

Miami, FL

1,160,127 flights 77.9% on-time

Other Airports in Tennessee

Compare performance with other Tennessee airports.

MEM 81.3%

Memphis, TN

Memphis · 251,985 flights
TYS 81.9%

Knoxville, TN

Knoxville · 157,494 flights
CHA 83.6%

Chattanooga, TN

Chattanooga · 66,136 flights
TRI 85.9%

Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, TN

Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport · 27,896 flights

BNA delay-share reading

The standout signal at Nashville, TN is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 45.5% of 6,291,640 delay minutes across 1,046,597 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 80.8% (1.8 pts above the 79% national average), with 201,312 delayed and 12,024 cancelled (1.15%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (45.5% late-aircraft, 30.2% carrier, 19.7% NAS, 4.5% weather, 0.1% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, BNA is strongest in September (92.1% on-time) and weakest in July (86.6%), a 5.5-point swing. Volume peaks in October (~16,011 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ORD (Chicago) at 79% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Tennessee: Tennessee flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using BNA's data

BNA's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from BNA before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 15.8 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.